# Chu Kong

> Chu Kong is a private equity investor at Actis backing Energy, Sports and Nutrition. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Actis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/actis)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Chu Kong is a private equity investor at Actis focused on Energy and Sports. It’s Chu’s local market insight, gained from 13 years of working in Brazil that enables him to identify the businesses best placed to meet the needs of Brazil’s growing consumer class.Chu joined Actis in 2007 and has helped establish the firm’s presence in Brazil. Chu joined Actis after nine years at Brazilian private equity fund, TMG CapitalPartners, where he was a Partner and also Board Director of OdontoPrev, the largest dental care provider, Softway, the contact centre supplier and Conductor Tecnologia, a credit card processing outsourcer.Prior to TMG, Chu worked at Arthur Andersen and HM Group, one of Brazil’s top three retailers, where he implemented the Consumer Financial Services for the retail group. He also worked for Vila Romana, Brazil’s largest men’s apparel manufacturer as Vice President of Retail and Finance, and consolidated the Giorgio Armani operation in Brazil.Chu is a graduate in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and has a law degree from Universidade de São Paulo.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Sports | 1 | 33% |
| Nutrition | 1 | 33% |
| Health Care | 1 | 33% |
| Broadcasting | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 2 | 67% |
| Portugal | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SuperBAC | Superbac develop our activities based on the responsible principle of nature self-remediation and create specific microorganism blends to fulfill different needs. We produce concentrated blends on an industrial scale, focusing on formulations which are easy to use and can be applied continually.Founded in 1995, SuperBAC is a biotechnologicalsolution company, focusing on Innovation.Our solutions stimulate sustainability in the production processes in the fields of agribusiness, sanitation, energy, bioremediation, and retail.We have Research and Development centers and units in the United States, Brazil, and Colombia to come up with solutions that are environmentally correct and economically feasible. | $62M | Private Equity | Jul 04, 2023 |  |
| CBV | CBV is tv format developer and producer in Portugal. | $37.3M | Private Equity | Jun 01, 2020 |  |
| DUX | is a sports nutrition manufacturing company that offers advanced supplements, developed by specialists to provide performance to athletes. | $43.9M | Private Equity |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## About Actis

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Actis is a leading investor in growth markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. They deliver consistent, competitive returns, responsibly, through insights gained from trusted relationships, local knowledge and deep sector expertise. Founded in 2004, they have an unparalleled heritage in growth markets, set within a culture of activeownership. They have raised US$14bn since inception and employ over 200 people, including a team of c.120 investment professionals, working across 16 offices globally. Their investors’ capital is at work in c.70 companies around the world, employing over 116,500 people. Actis is a global platform offering a multi-asset strategy through the asset classes of private equity, energy, infrastructure and real estate. Their depth of experience, global insight and local understanding make them the partner of choice for investors, management teams, entrepreneurs and governments. They invest with an exclusive focus on intra-growth market investing (their 'south-south' approach): sharing knowledge and experience across regions and businesses to help deliver consistent, competitive returns responsibly.

5 contacts available at Actis.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chu Kong | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chu-kong |
| David Cooke | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-cooke-2 |
| David Morley | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-morley |
| Fash Sawyerr | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fash-sawyerr |
| Funke Okubadejo | Director, Real Estate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/funke-okubadejo |

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## FAQ

### What does Chu Kong invest in?

Chu Kong invests primarily in Energy, Sports and Nutrition startups, most often at Private Equity stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Chu Kong last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chu Kong closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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